Chapter 92: Scene Survey
In the same sentence, "Operation Mekong" is a movie adapted from a real event.
Chen Lin hopes to show the most primitive gun battle, fighting and blasting!
In essence, Operation Mekong is a police and gangster film among commercial films.
In fact, police and gangster films were originally the most mature and representative of the HK movies.
However, after director HK collectively went north to the mainland market, he gradually began to "not adapt to the local environment".
So many HK directors complain that the mainland film censorship system is too harsh and that they do not understand the way the mainland police handles cases. They don’t know where to start the police and gangster themes, and they always face some embarrassing situations.
To be honest, in terms of movies, it has gradually been relaxed in recent years.
Otherwise, do you think a large-scale movie like "Drug War" will be allowed to be released?
Lao Du was too anxious and insisted on filming "The Trees Came to Wind" on 16th. Alas! I deserved to be banned!
Of course, there has never been a topic like "foreign gun possession", and Operation Mekong is a breakthrough.
Previously, Chen Baoguo starred in a TV series called "The Mekong Case", but the crew basically did not leave the country, the plot was more fictional, and the core content of the arrest of Nao Kang was not shown too much.
In this "Operation Mekong", Shen Lin cuts off the head and ends. The key to the film is to capture Nao Kang!
By the way, in the movie, his name is Nuoka!
"Forget it, you'd better not go there, that place is quite... quite hot!"
Chen Lin thought about it and changed his words.
Zhao Liying didn’t doubt much, and she didn’t think about going to Thailand. After all, it’s early September and the weather is too hot!
In fact, Chen Lin was unwilling to let Ying Bao follow him. It was a very important reason. He was not traveling to Thailand, but on-site shooting and surveying, and the places he was going to go were full of dangers.
If Chen Lin wants to recreate the "drug dealer village" in the movie, he must conduct on-site inspections, take photos, and then take pictures.
But Nuo Kang is quite popular with the people in the Jinshanjiao area. Not to mention Chen Lin, even the public security informant is not sure whether there are still Nao Kang's remnants in the local area!
Once these people appear as Chen Lin and their identities, they are likely to retaliate!
"Because I don't really believe that a drug lord like Nao Kang would live in such a poor small village! I thought it would be impossible for someone to spend so much money and live in that hut by himself! So, we took a look in person. Sure enough, there were a lot of rich people in that village, almost everyone had several cars and several floors of buildings!"
Later, when the movie was released, Chen Lin was interviewed by Tonxun News and asked why he had to go to the Golden Triangle for on-site inspection in person.
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The Golden Triangle is known as a drug paradise. In the area where the three no-brainers are naturally many criminals and desperate people.
Chen Lin came here with the photographer Wendi Deng who has been working with him.
Of course, accompanied by several undercover police officers.
These undercover agents are absolute elites in the department, and they are responsible for protecting Chen Lin's safety.
To be honest, Chen Lin was a little ashamed. If something happened, how could he be worthy of these people?
Fortunately, it went smoothly and most of the first-hand photos were taken.
"After we go back, we will first look for Yundian to see if there is a similar environment. If it really doesn't work, let's go to Malaysia again, and there will be rainforests there!"
He took a photo around the entire village, and Chen Lin and Wendi Deng limped back along the way.
This broken place is really evil. Chen Lin fell five or six times and his thighs were swollen. Wendi Deng was even worse than Chen Lin. Although he was holding a light 4k camera, as a professional photographer, this guy always ignored his feet unconsciously, and he fell a little doubted about his life!
"Director Chen, I heard that you arranged for actors to learn Burmese, Thai and Muay Thai, is that true?"
A drug-anti-drug policeman named Liu asked.
"Yes, although the authenticity is a big blow, it must always be like that!"
Chen Lin thought for a while and asked, "If he had to study with you for half a year, what would you think?"
“…This may not work!”
The anti-drug policeman surnamed Liu was in a little embarrassed.
Their job is undercover!
If the actors follow them, there will definitely be a lot of trouble!
"Hey! I'm just kidding, just a sudden idea, and Huang Xuan may not be willing!"
No matter how much I love acting, I guess I am unlikely to agree to live with these real undercover agents for half a year. After all, undercover agents are dancing on the tip of the knife. If you are not careful, you will die!
That's really 'exercising with life'!
"You can let him follow our instructor for a while, by the way, our instructors in Thai and Burmese will do it."
"Okay, I'll go back later and find the Public Security Bureau of Yunnan Province to provide technical support."
Chen Lin nodded, but felt extremely sorry for Huang Xuan.
Originally, he was just asked to conduct martial arts training for about three months, but now it seems that he can't take pictures without half a year!
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"No, this place is too far from the scene in the camera!"
The next day, Chen Lin and Wendi Deng came to Xishuangbanna.
After all, they are both rainforests, and it should be able to meet the shooting needs.
Unfortunately, our Xishuangbanna is a completely tourist destination that does not conform to the original state of the Golden Triangle at all.
"I don't think it's very similar, why don't we go to Malaysia to see it?"
Wendi Deng knew Chen Lin’s thoughts.
He naturally responded, "But once he went to Malay to shoot, it would be a bit expensive!"
Indeed, cross-border shooting is still in someone else's rainforest.
"It's okay, our budget hasn't moved yet!"
Chen Lin doesn't care about money at all.
"Director Shen, if we really want to shoot across the country, we may not be able to provide that much protection."
The person in charge of the accompanying public security was in a little embarrassed.
"Don't worry, our budget for Operation Mekong is 200 million. I'll calculate that the scenes in the rainforest should be about forty days. You can arrange them in rotation. I will pay the public expenses of the soldiers. I will never treat our people's soldiers unfairly!"
According to the initial agreement, when the "Mekong Operation" was filmed, the public security department was responsible for the relevant security work and provided free of charge.
Of course, these security is limited to the country.
"Director Shen, I..."
The head of the public security department was a little embarrassed, and he also sought some benefits for his own group of people.
I just didn't expect Chen Lin to be so generous.
"We probably have many big scenes in this filming. We need your help. After all, the crew is an amateur. If you need your help in many aspects, don't refuse."
Chen Lin finished his thoughts concisely and then rushed to Wendi Deng: "Let's go, leave for Malaysia immediately. Let's go explore the way first. If it is feasible, inform the crew to start construction."
"By the way, I'll ask Lao Liu later, he should know where Malay is similar to the Golden Triangle."
Chapter completed!